Lena Headey Quotes
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There's no snobbery in me.
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I am very much a seat-of-the-pants actor. I will prepare when I have to. But I like being unprepared.
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I hate being looked at. Can't stand it. I know, I know - I picked the wrong career. I should have been a doctor. If you play certain parts you have this nice face painted on you, and then you have feel as if you have a responsibility to this idea of being beautiful. I hate that about our business.
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That scene in 'The Purge' where my kids, Mary's kids, are in danger was really crazy for me, because I suddenly... I have my methods as an actor, so I went to the place of 'If somebody came near my children, with bad intent?'
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I would love to work with Shane Meadows - great director.
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I've said from day one that I've got no problem with nudity. I've done it throughout my career.
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'Dredd' was a weird little out-of-the-blue thing for me.
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Cersei in 'Game of Thrones' is quite solid and stiff.
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I'm sad I'm not in 'The Purge 2.'
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I don't want to be owned by anyone.
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I have an internal protectiveness where it's like, if it comes to just me, as frightened as I am of losing someone I love or things going sour or simply being alone, there is a dark place in my brain where I'm like, It could happen and I'm okay, I'm prepared.
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There is always that thought that you might get stuck with a character. But there's always the notion that every character is always evolving.
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I've been working a long time, and mostly European films.
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People who never get anxious always amaze me. The world could be breaking up, and they're saying, 'Everything's fine!'
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I think I cry when I'm angry. I let it go that way.
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I'm small but quite tough. When incensed, I can swing a punch.
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Since being quite young, I've had a very strong sense of independence and survival. As a child, I was on my own two feet emotionally.
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I don't think you should feel guilty about pleasure. Defeats the purpose.
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Sometimes it's a bizarre, fairly cold, and horrifying thing to be a parent.
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One day I was in school, and the next I was acting opposite Jeremy Irons. That's how quickly it happened. I was in class and then working with Sir Anthony Hopkins.